... 'iti -T, 'II f.4 so lorn % uLL - - The will (dated October 18, 186), with a codficl (dated December 17 1878), of 'Mr. John Wyld- Brown, formerly of ko. 7, UDer Hyde Pa:k. gardens, bat late of No. 11, Glomoeater.squan, who died on the 7th nlt., was proved on the 25th ult. by the Rev. Claad Brown and James Wylt Brown, the Iona, the gating ezeautors, the pr- aonal estate beiw sworu under £25,000. ...

... TEJII AFGHAN WARG . OFFICIAL INTELUGENOA / GENERAL KAUFFMANN ON TUE SITUATION. The Central Neon has received the following from the India Office. [From the Vicery, February 12.] Cavagnari reports that Mirzi MaomeOa~ Hassam, the Afghan Envoy to Tsshkond, has returned to Cabul. ler rts the Asneer of Bokhara, not Uhere AU, ; that the Rusai I s wi not ierferie4 and that Shere All is preparing ...

... EDITRICT NAEWSo - . I CARDIFF. RIUNrUICelf oP Loz, Bur.£-f rs. 2! spouse to an sppe1l Made b7 Mr. P. J. Beavan, coal agedt, BUte 1oc, the Marque. or' Bate ba most onerously ooftributed tn guineas, to. wards the fund on beis of tfie idjovr and family of the late Danie Wliliams satjion. master; Ely, who ws killed W I 0O a short E time ago. Tn Fwz A^T Exw ?? pro. ne ceediigs on Wedswday at te ...

... DISTRICT NEWS . - .1- 0Cc St. OAZDI'Fp. Fuzz zuzia Oonr'x..A general meetirg of ith free libw a _h on~ii on Tuss= j evening, under the, pre praetde o Ah e,, W ?? M reort o-the librarian (NkMt. AlBiAas)'Tb Mes ot nig Jannary Si, showed that the total n nwaber of issues dzi~ the mmuth 'had. Thi ben 3,992, astiP in the C - nespoeding manth of: las -Jeoh isues wer eaufied S follow V ?? 4th 267; - ...

... PRESENTATION.—Miis H.u rios. the daughter of the superintendent of the Ely School-, has been presented with a very handsome copy of Dr Farrar's Life of Christ, as a recognition of her services in playing the harmonium at the Wesleyan Chapel, Ely. LECTURE.—On Wednesday evening the Rev James Birch, of Bristol, delivered an eloquent lecture on Albert the Good, or lessons from Royalty, in the ...

... William McGuiness, the labourer convicted at the Lancaster assize of the murder of his wife at Barrow, was executed on Friday morning, within the « alls of Lancaster Castle. Marwood was the executioner. The convict has not been visited by any of his relations or friends since his conviction. Representatives of the press were excluded from witnessing the execution. ...

... PE,KCITS WILL- MRS THOMPSON GRANTED AN INTERVIEW. THE PRIVILEGE SUBSEQUENTLY COUNTERMAN DE D. The Centml News correspondent at Leeds tele. graphed on Thursday, that Peace's will was drawn up by Deputy-Sheriff Ford, who is a'member of a locitifiriii of solicitors. It extends to but four or five line-, and decrees his property to Hannah Ward or Peace, his wife (the mention of her first name ...

... The .special mail steamer from the Cape arrived at Plymouth on bringing ^n. hopeful view of the prospect pparson's g^mentatoadjG°'c^vo's. to mft, de- fendino- his new KraaL Reports of move- ments were, however, uncertain* all war correspondents being Pf^ited from accompanying tl>e British (ore*. Tim s causing much dissatisfaction. Many Zulus were coming in and being disarmed, a piomise bring ...

... AT the Folicf,-court, on Monday, Daniel Mahoney was charged with stealing 28 lbs, of coal from a fire at the Old Dock, the property of the Ebbw Vale Company. The charge was proved by Dock Constable Stovle. Prisoner pleaded guilty.' He had borne a good character for 24 years. He was senteuced to a. day's imprisonment. i ALSE PRETENCES.—A painter, who has recently rendered nimseit notorious by ...

... Speaking at the annual dinner of the South Shields Conservative Association recen Sir George Elliot, M.P., alluding to our acquisition of Cyprus, said he had gone all rotted .the island. He had made himself acquainted with, it, and he believed he knew as much about Cyprus as most people. (Hear, hear.) There was a harbour—the position for a harbour, quite under the lea of Port Said, nearly at ...

... The saddest time, we think, in a young man's life is when his girl writes to him that she wants her o d letters, and that he can have his fifty-cent diamond earrings upon application.-New York Express. Spain boasts of 92 dukes, 866 marquises, ü32 counts, 92 viscounts, and 98 barons, besides 44 ennobled foreigners. Two dukes, 58 marquises, 30 counts, (j viscounts, and 2 barons have been created ...

... Last week Dr. William Wallace, F.R.S.B., read a paper at the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi, on Gas Illumination. Mr. Woodhall, M.I.C.N., occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance. Dr* Wallace said that, having given the matter some attention, he had arrived at the conclusion that gas interests would not suffar in consequence of the introduction of the electric light for ...